High all, visited the site for some time but never joined. Currently working with a Rocky and just installed pid in Miss Silvia. When I can use the iRoast2 or go to the local Coffee house for fresh roasted beans. Looking forward to learning more and participating.

Hi all. I am new here, mainly looking for info on a machine I was given. It is a 2002 La San Marco 95 Paract-A that was in the restaurant he a friend bought. They didn't need it and I did so here we go. I have had a lot of trouble getting information as this machine is a bit of a one off as it seems. It is unusual in that it has an internal reservoir.

Hi there!Enrico from Italy, been having Nespressos for 10 years and I'm ready to step up to a semi-automatic machine in order to appreciate a true espresso as much similar as possible to an Italian bar ;)

I have an Aeropress at home - I buy all kinds of medium roast Guatelmalan / Costa Rican / Ethiopian beans, whatever the barristas think is the best. I use a basic Cuisinart Supreme Grind Automatic Burr Mill to grind. I like the coffee I make with it but I don't LOVE it. But lately I've had some cortado experiences that have made me realize there's a certain flavor I love so much that I find myself going out of my way to go to the places that have it. I've had cortados like this in Brooklyn at a place called Cocoa Bar, and in Long Island City at a place called Sweetleaf.

In coffee shops I've had a lot of machiatto / cortados (machatti and cortadi?) that I could take or leave. Maybe it's just because they weren't that great. I'm new to coffee connoisseurship so I don't know much. I can taste when the beans are burnt and I know I hate that flavor.

The flavor I do love: I'm not sure how to describe it except to say:

it tastes incredibly clean and pure, in a way like drinking clean pure mountain water, but with an intense incredible taste; and

the flavor makes me think of a bright, green, fresh, springy kind of flavor, almost herby like a cilantro. I'm not saying this fresh green flavor is actually BECAUSE the beans are greener or less roasted or whatever. The green/fresh/springy/tangy may be more a mental association more than it is a literal description of the flavor.

Does anyone have ANY idea what I'm talking about? :-)

I've tried home-brewed espresso at various friends' places (e.g. Nespresso) and it wasn't the same. Also. obviously. it's not the same at Starbucks.

What flavor/process/roast am I thinking of, and how do I ask for it / figure out what places are likely to have it?

How can I recreate this flavor at home? I'm prepared to ditch my Aeropress and switch to an espresso maker if there is an affordable (let's say sub $500) machine that could recreate this experience for me at home.

Thanks!

Best,Peter

(P.S. Should I be posting this question on the Espresso Questions and Answers forum?)

I'm pretty excited to be joining Coffee Geek. I am super new to home espresso, but very much a long-time espresso snob by taste. My partner and I are expecting our first baby in March 2014, which means I won't be able to get out for my usual daily dry macchiatos. This prompted me to research getting a machine and grinder at home, and this website was absolutely invaluable to me. I was so surprised that there were quite so many other coffee snobs out there!

When my Mini Vivaldi II and Baratza Vario arrived a month ago, I had literally never pulled a shot or steamed milk before. My first attempts were tragically terrible-tasting (my partner did think to remind me of all the times I'd snobbishly called other people's espresso terrible!). Luckily I did eventually get things a bit dialed in, and while I haven't yet pulled any 'God' shots, I'm making pretty decent macchiatos (and they are always as dry as I like them). Looking forward to continuing the learning.

Been lurking on coffee geek for some time and decided to join....have been drinking coffee all my life...just in last 5-6 years have been roasting my own beans....started with a fresh roast roaster and after 1 1/2 years , moved up to a gene cafe roaster......have a baratza vario grinder and rancilio silva 3 .....in the process of upgrading espresso machine......also enjoy using aero press .......

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